Villa

Name of structure: Villa
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: House
Country or main area: Switzerland
Region within country or main area: Geneva
City or area within region: Sécheron
Date of structure: Late second or early third century AD
Century of structure 1: 2 AD
Century of structure 2: 3 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Room 12, presumably wall
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Red, blue, yellow and green glass tesserae. Since destroyed.
Date of mosaic: Late second or early third century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 2 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 3 AD
Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site:
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 179
See also:
Gozenbach, V. von, Die römischen Mosaiken der Schweiz (Basle: 1961),112, no. 50.4, and p. 264

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